Only three other defendants had been executed by firing squad in the country ... death penalty was reinstated in 1976. Sigmon’s execution was the sixth in the U.S. so far in 2025. Overall, there ...

The Amnesty International report indicates that 1,518 people were executed in 2024 in 15 countries, according to the cases ...

The total number of countries carrying out the death penalty in 2024 stood at just 15 which is the lowest number on record The number of state executions around the world has reached its highest ...